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Hello again, today is the day I get to build, bitch, go to best but or micro center, build again, and go get a beer. I originally went Intel 2066, with a EVGA DARK. I returned that for a ASUS ROG ZENITH ($400 even a good price?) and went with a AMD TR4 1920X (again was $400 even a good price). I have a Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3600C18 and G.Skill F4-3200C16D-16GVGB ram. Corsair is $210, and G.Skill is 134. I did read I am willing to buy more RAM on BF, but this get the system up and runnning. Bar the idiotic LEDS, is it worth the difference for the $75, for 400hrz? I haven't posted the system with the RAM either, so bar none, it could come down to compatibility. Can anyone refer me to memory benchmark software, if both post, and I wanted to see the difference, or should I just use some in game bench marks and cinebench? I'm going to try to be diligence, and post my results,. Second, anyone want to throw their hat into the ring about the SSD RAID vs NVME? Onboard vs Hardware Raid. The card is Adaptec RAID 6805E Storage Controller, which is a pce 1x. The board has raid on it, AMD X399 chipset : 6 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), Support Raid 0, 1, 10 I am going to try to make sure to disable the appropriate things in bios before testing the system. The drive are Intel 540, x4, vs Samsung Evo 970. Any help would be awesome! Thanks in Advance, AKV

Ok, so I have a Ryzen 5 1600 on a MSI B350 Tomahawk paired with 32 GBs of G.Skill Ripjaws V (16 GB of which I added recently). I've been experiencing a lot of blue screens, and getting stopcodes such as kernel_security_check_failure and system_service_exception. I was continuously having these errors until I found that either lowering the memory speed or adjusting to the appropriate timings has fixed the issue for now. My question is: Do bad memory timings cause these blue screens? Or is it something else?

Hello everyone, would wanna ask help in overclocking my RAM (2x8gb Trident Z rgb 3200mhz C16D-16GTZR, 16-18-18-38 1.35v) on my asus x470 strix board. I'm really not versed in OC and when I checked it was just running on 2133mhz and changed it to 3200mhz in bios it crashed after a few sec into windows hahaha would greatly appreciate if anyone with the same board and ram could guide me Thanks!

FX 6300 R9 270x 2GB G Skill 8GBx2 MB: GA-78LMT-S2 Rev.1.2 WIndows 10 Okay iit started happening last night. Game was running fine on Highest with 30-50 FPS. But now game is lagging alot for some reason I am getting 1-20 FPS temperatures were fine but when i checked i saw 96 C. I changed the thermal paste and cleaned every dust from it. But today i checked the temperatures were like OMG!..I was checking temperature all the time didn't notice this much... I mean how can a system be still on while CPU is at 200+ C? I think my CPU is damaged now. Temperatures- It never happened before. Last time I updated my Windows Since then it started happening Any solution will be appreciated, thanks! [Edit] 2FPS in Assassin's Creed Unity even on the lowest settings. Is it the RAM? because AC Rouge is running at 60 FPS. It is only occupying 3 GB of RAM [Edit 2] I am on a mission in witcher 3 in which game is running smoothly at 40 FPS but all those FPS is driven by graphic card. Average CPU usage is around 10-20. Now CPU is bottlenecking but temperatures are all normal never cross 45

So I recently bought a ASRock Z370 Taichi and G.Skill TridentZ RGB 16GB DDR4 3200. Will I need to overclock my motherboard to fit the 3200 speed?

Hi all! Just signed up on this forum and I would like some opinions on my upgrade that i'm thinking about. I'm from Sweden so I won't include prices in the post since that would be hard to compare SEK with US$. I'm thinking of buying these parts: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/z82vbX Now, my question is if that the memory that I have choosen will work on that MB, the specific partnumber is not listed on the QVL but according to this: http://www.userbenchmark.com/System/Asus-ROG-STRIX-B450-F-GAMING/93471 alot of people are using this combination? Also it seems that the memory I have chosen for this build is based on Hynix M-die, can I suspect some worse results in overclocking my memory than using Samsung die memory? Thanks in advance!

After getting the email that I won the 8086k on a whim, I almost couldn't contain myself. I was in the middle of calculus, so not like I had a choice anyway. It almost seemed to good to be real, and I hadn't even planned on upgrading because of how well my gold sample 4790k was running (4.7GHz on 1.2 V, what a dream). One silicon lottery to the next with me, I suppose, even though it was a different kind of lottery. To begin with, this build is a trio of triumphs for me. First of all, it's exciting to have cutting edge hardware. This CPU gave me the chance to have all current gen hardware in my PC for the first and probably only time (I love saving money on used stuff, so future upgrades will likely be eBay.) Second of all, it's vindictive. I remember reading the comments on a tech news site declaring the leak of the 8086k as an homage to the original 8086. Some snarky asshole in the comments was putting people down for thinking it would be an i7, declaring from on high that given Intel's nomenclature, the number scheme fell into i3 territory. I didn't bother commenting, because I knew as soon as the CPU hit the market, he'd be proven wrong. And third, this build has a somewhat unique sentimental value to me. My dad told me after I won that he used to have an 8086 powered PC way back in the day, and It made me all the more excited to reintroduce that into the household. I know it's not all that special because loads of people had the 8086 (kind of the reason there's a CPU dedicated to its legacy). Enough of that, let's talk tech. I started this build in complete agony. On around July 6th, my Z97-AR crapped out. BIOS update said it completed properly, PC went to restart automatically, and suddenly unfixable boot loop. I sent it in to ASUS, they said it was FUBAR, so I paid for a replacement. Thus begun an infuriating song and dance of them sending me a P8H61-I motherboard back and forth over and over again, me getting "elevated" to customer support levels, and generally a lot of phone calls and slow email correspondence. I have always loved the quality and performance of ASUS products, but this was just to much for me. I decided to go with the EVGA Z370 Classified k. Feature packed, with USB 3.1 type C and an internal header to fuel my expansion card obsessed upgrade path. The only drawback of the Z370 platform upgrade is that it seems every single motherboard disables SATA ports to "share bandwidth" with M.2 slots. Why would SATA bandwidth be needed for M.2? I thought the point was to use PCIe instead. Regardless, The heat sink design was too appealing to pass up. The surface area is much higher than most boards, with enough room for my Hyper 212 EVO, which I will be using long term now that I see just how well its doing, even on a 6 core chip. Luckily, there is plenty of RAM clearance with that cooler, so using my sexy new kit of G.Skill Trident Z RGB was utterly painless. I went all out because the value of my old parts is much higher than that of my new parts on account of getting the CPU free, so I'm selling them to my friend to break even and splurged on some DDR4 3200 to really round things out. My concern with M.2 bandwidth stems from the fact that I use a Corsair Force MP500 as a boot drive. My newest and fastest storage device, I transitioned to this as my boot drive but have kept all my old drives as mass storage since (which I have needed because they are all mostly full of games). I have a meme hard drive from an old cheese grater mac, and a DVD drive as well, neither of which can be used at the moment until I can acquire both a new PCIe to 2x SATA internal card as well as a molex to SATA power to reach the DVD drive. I also use an expansion card for my eSATA HDD, which includes an internal USB 3.0 header for my front SATA/compact storage reader. The thing is janky as hell, and I love it (pictured below). Ultimately, this build went almost perfectly. I replaced my old power supply because it had some quirks due to age, and modular has never felt better. Still, I wish the windows install on my boot drive didn't have to get wiped, but I backed everything I wanted up to my old hard drive, so I'm not particularly upset outside of the busywork required to set up my desktop again.

Hey, I have the Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 7 motherboard and the G.Skill TridentZ RGB RAM. I am using the Gigabyte "RGB Fusion" Software to disable some LEDs on my motherboard and the Asus Aura software to adjust the color of my G.Skill RAM. While the Gigabyte software can change the color of the G.Skill RAM it can't adjust the zones individually like the Aura and G.Skills own software can. G.Skills own software is really bad too because you can't type in color codes and stuff. It's just really bad software. That's why I'm using the Asus Aura software. It is not capable of adjusting each RAM stick individually like the G.Skill software can but it can at least change the individual lighting zones on the RAM. Here's my problem: Asus software autostarts on bootup and changes the RAM color to what I want it to be, then after that the slow RGB Fusion software starts and changes motherboard color + overrides the RAM color. Now I have to open the asus software, change to another effect, save, then switch back to the effect I want and save again. EACH TIME I start the computer. This is so ridiculously annoying. I just want to tell the Gigabyte software to ignore the G.Skill RAM. I do not want it to interface with it in any way. <rant> Offtopic: This whole having to use several different softwares is starting to annoy me tbh. I'm already using Corsair LL fans, a corsair keyboard and a corsair mouse so I am probably just going to bite the bullet and switch to Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB RAM in the future. All this bad RGB LED Software is just fkn annoying. Why do companies release a product with crappy software like that that probably was thrown together in a day or two. I am now using Corsair iCue, Asus Aura Sync, EVGA Precision X (that's fine. I use it for OCing and changing GPU LED color), NZXT CAM and Gigabyte RGB Fusion. SO ANNOYING. EDIT: Oh WTF Asus software is using 4% CPU right now. WTF who programmed this? </rant>

Vengeance® Series 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 SODIMM 2666MHz CL18 Memory Kit (SKU CMSX32GX4M2A2666C18) VS G.Skill Ripjaws 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 SODIMM (F4-2666C18D-32GRS) Which one is better ? Or Kingston Or HYPERX??

So really quickly, I just have a memory compatibility question as well as some clarifying questions regarding Threadripper. Background info, intending to run a 1950X Threadripper chip on an Asus Zenith Extreme motherboard. Because across the internet I have heard the crazy cross talk of latency vs clock speed, I am now looking to capitalize in theoretical stability between the two. Is Threadripper a chip that favors clock speed, if even only to a certain point? I have also checked the motherboards QVL for memory but again have heard ludicrous amounts of conflicting thoughts. So for the memory question, does the following kit work on an Asus Zenith Extreme Motherboard with a 1950X Threadripper? Some more info, according to some very in depth users over on the overclock forums, this is a set of Rank 2 B-die memory from Samsung's manufacturing. This is also the kit I am most concerned with. Note the QVL for the Asus Zenith extreme did not specify G.Skill above 3200MHz, so I do not want to hear about the QVL, I am interested in real world tests by people who own the components mentioned. Thank you.

Hello everyone, Today's question is the difference between G.SKILL's F4-3200C16Q-64GTZKW ($750 usd) and F4-3200C15Q-64GTZSW ($850 usd). To my untrained eye, they're both 4x16gb sets of DDR4-3200 RAM and should perform exactly the same. What is the difference that I'm missing, and what is the benefit to the $850 offering (if any)? Cheers, CalvinHobbesN7

I did a new build about two weeks ago and I only bought one stick of RAM. It was only 4gb so I need more now. the first stick I had was a 4gb stick of g.skill Aegis running at 2400mhz. I need to know if I get another stick of memory that is a different brand like Patriot will they both work fine or even in dual channel? Thanks for the help

So I spent a lot of time reading up on the forum at other builds, shopping and price checking nearly everywhere to get my build going. Right now, I'm saving up for 4K/1440p G-Sync Monitor when I get more money, but here's a list of all the parts. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rktCbX CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor (Purchased For $347.89) CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X52 Rev 2 73.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Purchased For $132.01) Thermal Compound: Cooler Master - Thermal Fusion 400 Thermal Compound (Purchased For $9.99) Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (Purchased For $156.89) Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (Purchased For $222.17) Storage: Western Digital - Black PCIe 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (Purchased For $107.99) Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card (Purchased For $629.89) Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $79.99) Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $19.99) Wireless Network Adapter: Asus - PCE-AC55BT B1 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter (Purchased For $34.99) Case Fan: NZXT - Aer RGB120 (2-pack with Hue+ Bundle) 61.4 CFM 120mm Fans (Purchased For $79.99) Monitor: LG - 29UM68-P 29.0" 2560x1080 60Hz Monitor (Purchased For $239.95) Total: $2061.74 USD *The PC Part Picker list doesn't include the case fans or the thermal compound. Also I ordered all of my stuff from B&H because they're free of sales tax, and free 2 day shipping was a plus. Also if you're in the market for a new graphics card, B&H is selling the EVGA cards bundled with an EVGA 650-850W PSUs for a lot less, which is how I got my PSU for $20. Let me know what you guys think, if there was something I should change or tips for building. I've never built in the NZXT S340 Elite, and this is my first Coffee Lake build as well, so this will be fun. I might be doing a Twitch stream as well so let me know if you guys want to check it out.

Alright, I'm new to the forum so forgive me if I do anything wrong. I had recently purchased some G.Skill Trident Z memory only to release there was Trident Z memory specifically for Ryzen 2. I'm not sure if it will work and I'm hoping someone can atleast tell me if it will work or won't. I have no way of sending it back either because I live in such a remote country, Barbados, and the shipping costs would be astronomical. F4-3200C16D-16GTZR this is the model. Thank you.

Hello everyone, I'm building my first rig and as of the moment I've bought most of the parts but lack the Motherboard and SSD. Processor - Ryzen 7 2700x Ram - G.Skill Trident Z RGB 3200mhz GPU - Msi Armor Rx580 PSU - Silverstone Strider Gold 750 Case - Tecware Verge Hdd - WDC Black So I'm torn between the Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 7 x470 and Asus rog Crosshair 7 x470, Gigabyte is readily available here in the Philippines but that specific Asus model is 1 month to order. Not in a hurry to finish my build though. Was supposedly going for the gigabyte but I've read that the g.skill rgb doesn't work well on it anyone can help me which to choose?

I have g.skill RGB Rams but suddenly the g.skill software had gone and I can't uninstall it so I've installed Asus arua after a month I want to open Asus aura when I open it it told me stop working view the site Dr.dump for a sloution plz help a can't control my RAM

so choosing the ram and i found a g.skill 3200mhz 3200mhz ripjaws v kit for 165$ and the trident z rgb witch i really like costs 212$ .. so is that the normal price difrence from non rgb to rgb ? or should i just go with the non rgb ?

does the ram latency make a difrence for gaming ? im getting a 2x8 3200 c16 g.skill kit and its 195$ and the c14 version is 250$ is it worth it ? the cpu is ryzen 2700x

After failing to work properly, I tried to uninstall and reinstall g.skll's trident z rgb software. However, every time I try to enter the setup wizard, I am always greeted with the same "CATASTROPHIC FAILURE" popup. How can I solve this?

I just built a new system: -Threadripper 1900X -ASRock X399 Taichi sTR4 -16GB G.Skill TridentZ 3200MHz I managed to get what seems like a stable overclock on the CPU at 4.1GHz but no matter what I try to do to the RAM it refuses to budge from 1000MHz. I will admit that I didn't know there was RAM designed specifically for Threadripper when I bought this RAM but it seems a bit ridicules that it's only running at 1/3 it's rated speed. I'm using both CPU-Z and AMD Ryzen Master to check it's speed and they both show about 1068MHz. The only thing I've managed to do is set the RAMs Voltage to the proper 1.35v. It was originally running at 2.8v. When I try changing it's operating frequency it doesn't do anything no matter what I set it to. The other strange thing is the BIOS claims the RAM is 2100MHz (or something around there).

i have begun to order parts for my new pc build and i con't figure out what ram to get. i am considering getting g.skill flare x 3200mhz 14cas but does anyone know if it will work with what i bought? what i have ordered so far: Motherboard: AsRock Z370 Extreme4 Cpu: i5.8600k Case: Silverstone rl06 pro with acrylic window Cpu cooler: Cryorig H5 Universal Psu: Evga Supernova G2 750w Then im going to use my current gpu gtx 1060 6 gb and my 128gb ssd and 1 tb sata harddisk

Hey. I ordered a GA-AB350M-DS3H motherboard for my ryzen 2200G APU. I found a fast ram stick (2800MHz ) for cheap : G.Skill Ripjaws V 8GB DDR4-2800MHz (F4-2800C17S-8GVR) I looked in the motherboard website, and the exactly specific module is not listed in the "supported memories" . However, the supported ones look very similar and I thought maybe they just didn't test it or something since it doesn't seem like the most popular one out there.. I also saw people using this ram successfully with ryzen. So what do you say, should i go for it?

Hello, Because of the current memory pricing, I recently bought 1 stick RAM of https://www.google.com/search?q=F4-3200C16D-32GTZ I'll be buying an i7 8700K platform in the next two months. Will this be a problem if I install this single stick RAM? Will I be able to overclock it to the full 3200MHz? I know it is not recommended but if I buy another single RAM stick from this , and pair up with the upper one, will it run in Dual Channel mode? And yes, we can buy single stick RAMs in my country. Thanks in advance.

Hey guys! I'm a relatively new computer builder (not a novice however). I wanted to know if there were any recommendations I could make to upgrade my current setup. To get started, here's a full list of parts: Case: Thermaltake Versa C22 RGB MoBo: MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Gravity i2 + Arctic MX-4 Thermal Paste (Thermaltake TG-7 is onhand) RAM: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630 (integrated) PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB 750W Drives: Intel Optane 32GB Memory Module M.2 + Hitachi 5400RPM 500GB 2.5" SATA HDD Case Fans: Thermaltake Riing 12 White LED x2 +Thermaltake Riing 12 RGB LED x3 Miscellaneous: Razer Blackwidow Chroma v2 + Razer Lancehead Below are some pictures of the completed build as well as an almost completely comprehensive picture of the parts' boxes. I already plan on adding a dedicated GPU (MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G) and a reliable SSD. I already have my mind set on the GTX 1060, but I want some suggestions on good 2.5" SATA or M.2 SSDs. I'd also like to know some good RGB LED strips that I can use to give my build more flare. Other than those three main points, I want to know if there's also any other suggestions for boosting my rig. Budget is low, but I'd like to know what I can save up for. Thanks! Edit: Comment an approximation of how much you'd spend (preferably in USD) to get a rig like this off the shelf. Parts: RGB Mode in Light: RGB Mode in Dark: White Mode in Dark:

On g.skill ram QVL taichi is listed. But on asrock taichi QVL https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z370 Taichi/index.asp#Memory there are no any of 32gb s listed. Also with asrock fatality. But on asus strix z370-E http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/ROG_STRIX_Z370-E_GAMING/ROG-STRIX-Z370-E-GAMING_Memory-QVL_20180223.pdf my desired RAM is listed, what should i trust? Maybe something from gygabite or MSI?